Environmental Laws

What does the Clean Air Act regulate and protect the public from?

• Wild Life

• Bad Air Pollutants

• Aquatic Lifeforms

• Litter on the streets

True or False: The Clean Water Act (CWA) and The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) are the same thing.

• True

• False

Which of the following international treaties bans the hunting, capture, and sale of threatened or endangered species in 181 countries? CITES

• Endangered Species Act (ESA)

• The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITIES)

• National Enviornmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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In the 1970s, the United States introduced the _________________________ which calls for a recovery plan to be created for each endangered species.

• Resource consevation and Recovery Act

• Clean Water Act

• Endangered Species Act

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What does the Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988 state?

• banned ocean dumping of municipal sewage sludge and industrial waste

• required the Secretary of Energy to issue guidelines for selection of sites for construction of two permanent, underground nuclear waste repositories.

• Seeks to prevent the creation of toxic waste dumps by setting standards for the management of hazardous waste. Like CERCLA, this law also includes some provisions for cleanup of existing contaminated sites.

• Authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the manufacture, distribution, import and processing of certain toxic chemicals.

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The Clean Air Act and The Clean Water Act are laws created by the:

• Local government

• Federal government

• State government

• Industies in the private sector

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Which of the following government agencies is responsible for enforcing the Clean Air Act?

• the USGS

• the USDA

• the EPA

• the USDOJ

Law trying to prevent brownfields

• PCB

• RCRA

• CDR

• DDT

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Created because of Love Canal, mandated Superfund sites

• RCRA

• CERCLA

• Brownfields

• Clean Water Act

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Law to clean up old brownfields

• CAFE

• CITES

• MSW

• CERCLA

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